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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:37 am

This tutorial will help noobs get started on the basics of amv making.

Here's Part 1 : Getting Started

First and obviously u gotta open up WMM, if u don't know where it is, it should be in Start > Programs and its either in accessories or in the list like this
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Now this is the WMM interface.
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its not as impressive as vegas or premiere but its much more simple.

Now we want to import some clips of our favorite anime.
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one of the good things about WMM is that u can import the whole episode. in vegas and premiere they wont accept DivX or XviD files

this might take a while so just kill some time while waiting.

now u should have a number of clips like so
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u will probably have like 10x more clips than me because i didn't feel like importing the whole episode so i just cut out a part and imported that.

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:39 am

STEP 2 : Audio and Transitions

Aight so u got your clips and now what? well we gotta get some music so go to the 'Import Audio or Music' right here

search for your mp3 or wav or whatever file and wait for it to import. since it is a song, it should take like 2 seconds to completely import. now drag your music file onto to the time line like so
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make sure to put it on the 'Audio/Music' not the 'Audio' above it.

now for the clips. do the same and drag the clips onto the time line like the audio. if u were to play it right now, u would probably hear ur song and ur clip's audio
now we don't want that so simple right click on the clips audio track and click on 'Mute'
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now if u play it, u should only hear the audio u imported.

now for transitions and effects. most people new to video editing will only think of effects. transitions r just as important. a transition is the effect between clips (ex. a basic clip fades into another clip)

To make a simple fade transition, put two clips next to each and click on the 'View Video Transitions'

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here's where the transitions are. you can view the transitions by clicking on them and pressing play. scroll down to the fade transition and drag onto the time line
[IMPORTANT : DRAG THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO CLIPS]
now if u were to watch it, at the end of your first clips it will fade into the next clips. Let's say u wanted it to fade earlier and longer. this is really simple just drag the second clip more over the first clip like so
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let's say i didn't want the fade transition any more. instead i want the circle transition. so i go to the circle transition and drag it over on top of the fade transition.

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END OF STEP 2

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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:40 am

STEP 3 : Effects and Trimming Clips

WMM doesn't have spectacular effects like premiere and Vegas do. it has simple ones like : fade out to white,gray scale (black&white),brightness increase,etc.

there are two ways to add video effects. u can do it like the transitions and go to the 'View Video Effects' or u can use the way that's much more faster. simply right click your clip and select video effects
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if you do go this way u will get a window like this :

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here you can easily add or remove the effects to your liking.

Now onto trimming your clips. a simple way to split your clip is select the clip you want by clicking it and hovering your mouse on the edge of the clip till your mouse turns into this User Image

drag this over to the desired length till the clip is trimmed.
now the most accurate method of trimming a clip is stop your video at the point
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you want it to be split at and the press the split button
this will split your video into two clips. if u split it and watched it like that, then u would see no difference. because the end frame of your first is the beginning frame of your second clip. now u do what u want with it

END OF STEP 3

Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:41 am

STEP 4 : Making Titles and Exporting/Saving your final video

lets start with the titles. I'm sure u have seen some really cool videos with awesome titles with shining text and all that stuff. hate to disappoint u, but with WMM u can only make basic titles. but u don't always to make flashy titles to have a good video. what if u had a great opening scene with all these fancy titles and your main video was a piece of s**t...anyway moving on

to make titles click the 'Make titles or Credits'

when it comes up with the menu for 'Make titles, Make Credits, Make Title at end of video,etc. ignore that stuff and click whichever u want. u can pick where u want to place the title at anytime. Click 'Change Animation' to view various animations for the titles.
pick the one u want and then click 'Change the text and font color' tweak the settings to your likings
and then click 'Edit Title Text' and type your text. depending on what u picked for the 'Animation' the text box will differ

Below are the screen shots of the boxes i just mentioned above.

Title Animation :

Edit Title Text(Rolling Credits):

Change Text and Font :

Now for exporting the final video.

NOTE : Saving your project is different than saving your video. your project is the project with all your editied clips and audio put together. the final video is the one u export and upload to amv.org,youtube.etc

For saving your project go to File > Save Project

For exporting your movie go to 'Save To My Computer' right here

This window will come up where u can enter the desired movie name and desired output location, use browse to find the place u want your movie to be saved to.

Press Next and then this window will come up

the settings r completely up to u. the settings i marked in blue r the ones i recommend. The exported movies will be in WMV format and when the export settings were talking about High Quality Video (Large)(Small). They are referring to the video size and not how much it takes up on your hard drive.

The Large one will be 640 x 480 which is the most common resolution
the small one will 320 x 240 which is a mini version of the one above.

remember these settings r completely up to u. u can try out some different ones if u don't like my recommended ones.

Finally press 'Next' and your movie will be exported! also it is recommended that u don't use any other programs while exporting it.

TIPS & TRICKS
umm these aren't really tricks but mainly tips. if u want to make a fade transition instead of always going to the transitions box just drag your second clip partially over your first clip, but do not drag it entirely over the clip because that will cancel the transition.

also try to avoid anime scenes plus linkin park. trust me linkin park is one of my favorite bands but linkin park and some anime fight scenes is really unoriginal. go to youtube and type in linkin park and naruto and u will see LOTS and LOTS of results

also try to do some real editing, not just taking your favorite song and adding a few clips of sasuke and naruto fight. that is just a plain boring amv. do some good syncs. like when there is a loud cymbal clash or drum beat make an explosion or something

finally if there is something u don't get in this guide just post here and ask me

happy amv making!

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